The CoS Maturity Assessment

The first competency-based maturity framework built for Chiefs of Staff.

84 questions. 7 domains. 4 levels. A score that tells you not just what you know - but where you operate, and what your next level of development actually requires.

7

Competency domains

4

Maturity levels

84

Questions (Full)

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Sample Result The Influencer
64

Global Score / 100

The Influencer

Practitioner
Operator
Influencer
Architect
Self-Awareness
78
Strategy
72
Operating System
65
Change Mgmt
58
AI Enablement
48
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Start free. Go as deep as you need.

Step 1

Pulse Check

Free

No credit card · 10–15 minutes

  • 21 questions across all 7 domains
  • Global score and domain-level snapshot
  • Emailed results with permanent link
  • Strengths and development areas identified
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Step 3

Development Debrief

$200

1-hour Zoom with Arnaud Rager

  • Requires completion of Full Assessment first
  • Deep-dive review of your Full Assessment results
  • Personalized development priorities for your specific context
  • Honest conversation about what your next level actually requires
  • 90-day development focus recommendations
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The 7 Competency Domains

Everything a CoS operates across - measured, not assumed.

The framework maps the full scope of the Chief of Staff role across seven interconnected domains. Each domain is assessed at four levels of maturity - from individual impact to enterprise architecture.

C1

Self-Awareness & Personal Leadership

How you show up, manage yourself, earn trust, and develop the judgment that makes everything else possible.

C2

Operating Business System & Performance Management

The rhythms, routines, and performance infrastructure that keep an organization aligned and moving.

C3

Continuous Improvement & Automation

How you identify, close, and systematize the gaps that surface from the operating system.

C4

Project, Program & Portfolio Management

Owning the delivery of the initiatives that matter most - from single projects to enterprise portfolios.

C5

Change Management & Stakeholder Adoption

Getting people to actually change - not just agree. Building the adoption infrastructure that makes change stick.

C6

Strategy Planning & Deployment

Translating organizational direction into aligned priorities, decisions, and execution at every level.

C7

AI Enablement & Agentic Leadership

The only framework that explicitly maps what AI fluency means for a Chief of Staff at each level of seniority - from using tools to architecting the organization's AI operating model.

C7 is the differentiator. No other CoS development framework has mapped what AI leadership means at each maturity level. From individual tool use to enterprise-wide AI governance - this is the domain that separates the next generation of Chiefs of Staff from the current one.

The Four Maturity Levels

From individual contributor to enterprise architect.

Each level reflects a genuine shift in scope, altitude, and organizational impact - not just more knowledge of the same things.

Aspiring

The Practitioner

You are building the expertise and discipline that everything else depends on.

Developing personal effectiveness: communication, trust, reliability, structured thinking. Impact is clearest at the individual and team level.

Emerging

The Operator

You get things done, and you are starting to build the systems that scale it.

Beyond personal effectiveness into organizational delivery. Meetings produce decisions. Projects close. Your principal trusts you with the function, not just the task.

Proficient

The Influencer

You shape how the organization thinks and moves.

Leading across functions without formal authority. Translating strategy into priorities, building coalitions, driving adoption. Your most important work is invisible.

Advanced

The Architect

You design the systems and capabilities the organization runs on.

Operating at the intersection of strategy and execution at enterprise scale. You do not just support the CEO's agenda, you help shape it. Your decisions have long half-lives.

What Happens After

Your results are a starting point, not a finish line.

01

Get your results instantly

Your score, archetype, and domain breakdown appear immediately. An email with your full report and permanent results link arrives within minutes.

02

Review your development roadmap

Each domain comes with a personalized recommendation based on your actual score - not a generic curriculum.

03

Debrief with Arnaud Rager (optional)

A 1-hour Zoom to go deeper - what the results mean in your specific context, where to focus first, and what your next level actually requires.

04

Retake annually to track growth

The assessment is most powerful as a longitudinal tool. Your year-over-year delta is the clearest picture of your development as a Chief of Staff.

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Find out where you actually stand.

The Pulse Check takes 15 minutes. Your archetype and domain snapshot are waiting. No credit card. No catch.

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